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The Effects of Cannabis on Body Image Perception

“The Effects of Cannabis on Body Image Perception”, article by philosopher Sebastian Marincolo

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28. February 2025

Essays, Uncategorized
Eventbrite Webinar/Conversation with Matt Ritchey, Founder of the Inner Circle, Tonight at 1pm

Tonight at 1pm PST I will be speaking with California-based Matt Ritchey from the Inner Circle in a webinar event on Eventbrite about my research and books on the psychoactive potential of…

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15. May 2024

Interviews, News
ELEVATED, Book Chapter 3: “Cannabis, Creativity, and Cognitive Liberty”, Part IV

The Persistent Mindful Surfer (PERMIS) – Approach The surfboard is a very useful metaphor especially as it concerns a point that relates to Hommel’s metacontrol states model (MSM) of creativity, for which…

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27. July 2023

Book Chapter
ELEVATED, Book Chapter 3: “Cannabis, Creativity, and Cognitive Liberty”, Part I

Abstract “Chapter III. Cannabis, Creativity, and Cognitive Liberty” delivers much-needed conceptual groundwork and an evaluation of the empirical research so far to explore how a cannabis high can affect creative activities. It…

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22. June 2023

Book Chapter
Release of my New Book “Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement”

Hilaritas Press, Grand Junction, Colorado, just announced the publication of my new book „Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement.“ Hilaritas is the publishing house of Christina Pearson, daughter of legendary…

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1. June 2023

Promotion
What Hashish Did To Walter Benjamin

It’s the year 1927. In the U.S., marijuana use is widespread almost exclusively amongst Mexicans and black Jazz musicians during the swinging “Roaring Twenties”. In Berlin, the decade is also in full…

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21. May 2021

Essays
Interview Sebastian Marincolo/The Bluntness: Altered States of Consciousness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r89e0OU94jk
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23. April 2021

Interviews
Interview With Gregory Frye/THE BLUNTNESS: Cannabis and Creativity II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFXQosE__BM
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19. April 2021

Interviews
Value Your High – Interview With Gregory Frye/THE BLUNTNESS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ9sPpiJK08
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15. April 2021

Uncategorized
My Cannabis Odyssey: To Vaporize or Not To Vaporize Dr. Grinspoon

A few years ago, my friend Lester Grinspoon asked me in one of our many Skype conversations about the cannabis high if I ever had the chance to try the cannabis strain…

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7. April 2016

Essays
Marijuana, Empathy, and Severe Cases of Autism

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” John Steinbeck, writer, 1902-1968 “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eye for…

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3. March 2016

Essays
Quote: A Marijuana High Can Enhance Core Human Mental Abilities

“A cannabis high can enhance core human mental abilities. It can help you to focus, to remember, to see new patterns, to imagine, to be creative, to introspect, to empathically understand others,…

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16. February 2016

Quotes
Just Another Altered State of Consciousness

“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Altered States of Consciousness and Western Culture There is the marijuana…

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3. February 2016

Essays
Insight Quote

“The movie Koyaanisqatsi shows non-commented time-lapse footage and focuses our attention on the very rhythm of our civilized modern life and nature. A marijuana high can do something for a user similar…

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13. November 2015

Quotes
GUINEA – A Guerrilla-Neurophilosophical Approach to High Science

What is it like to be high? What is the positive potential of this altered state of consciousness for medical and inspirational uses? How exactly does marijuana enhance cognitive functions like our…

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27. August 2015

Essays
Carl Sagan, Cannabis, and The Right Brain Hemisphere

„What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.“ Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913-1994), neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, known for his revolutionary studies of split brain patients In…

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2. July 2015

Essays
Marijuana and the Enhancement of Episodic Memory

„A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss.“ Gustave Flaubert, French writer (1821-1880) Our memory is simply amazing. We can store information about thousands of situations…

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25. June 2015

Essays
Marijuana, Dopes, and Cognitive Enhancements

When genius mathematician and originator of cybernetics Norbert Wiener moved with his family from Cambridge to Newton, his wife organized the move and let Wiener concentrate on his work as a professor…

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12. June 2015

Essays
Marijuana and Creativity – A Love Story

“O! For a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In a good relationship, a loving partner can inspire you and help your creative output…

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11. May 2015

Essays
Marijuana and The Slowdown of Time Perception

“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.” Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist…

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22. April 2015

Essays
Marijuana, Pattern Recognition, and What it Means to be ‘High’

“To understand is to perceive patterns.” Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, 1909-1997 “As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.” Henry van Dyke,…

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7. April 2015

Essays
Vipers, Muggles, and The Evolution of Jazz

“I’m the king of everything Got to get high before I sing Sky is high, everybody’s high If you’re a viper…” ‘Viper’s Drag’ (1934), by Fats Waller Without doubt the history…

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24. March 2015

Essays
Nightmare Prohibition. Why the Prohibition Against Marijuana Has to End

Watanuga Lahele is radiating. His glassy eyes peep out under a large, conical straw hat, his movements slightly erratic. He has been chewing on a dark-greenish kalangi root and the drug tetralin…

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23. March 2015

Essays
Cannabis Insights: Myth or Reality?

Countless users of cannabis have claimed that it can act as a catalyst to obtain real insights. Are these reports just exaggerations of users justifying their smoking habit? Or is it true…

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22. March 2015

Essays
Marijuana, Introspection, and Personal Growth

“Once again the powers of the herb open up the mind. Seek deep inside. Tell me what you find.“ Cypress Hill, Temples of Boom III As we mature, we have experiences and…

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22. March 2015

Essays
Vaporizer Highs

What characterizes a vaporizer high? How much of a difference is there between a vaporizer high and the high from a joint or bong? How different are various vaporizers on the market…

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24. February 2015

Essays

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